Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Platte County, Wyoming, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Platte County comes from a judge of the District Court for Platte County or the Circuit Court, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: Platte County public records, Platte County arrest records, Platte County inmate search, Platte County criminal records, Platte County court records, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Platte County
In Wyoming an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Platte County that means the District Court for Platte County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Circuit Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it. A city with a municipal court of its own issues warrants on the tickets and ordinance cases it tries.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Clerk of District Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/943 (page title: Collection: Guide to the Platte County District Court Records | ArchivesSpace Public Interface), phone (307) 777-7826, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Wyoming has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Platte County
The Platte County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Wheatland and Guernsey serve warrants in Platte County.
A warrant issued in Platte County is good anywhere in Wyoming, so it is served by whichever agency finds the person, in a traffic stop as often as at the door.
Guernsey reported 1,146 arrests to the FBI for 2023; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Platte County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Platte County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Platte County Sheriff's Office, held about 75 people on an average day in 2019 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at plattecountywyoming.com/departments/Sheriff/PatrolDeputies, phone 307-322-2331. The Platte County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Platte County on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Platte County
The place to check for a warrant from Platte County is the court file of the case, through the Clerk of District Court at (307) 777-7826, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
Not one of the Platte County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
The statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is not open to the public in Wyoming, so it is not a route to a warrant check on someone else.
Clearing a Warrant from Platte County
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Platte County starts with the Clerk of District Court at (307) 777-7826: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the Circuit Court is handled by that court, not by the District Court for Platte County.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Platte County?
Not from the Platte County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of District Court at (307) 777-7826.
Who serves warrants in Platte County?
The Platte County Sheriff's Office, and the agency that reports for the city where the person is found; a Wyoming warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Platte County held?
At the county jail, run by the Platte County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Platte County cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the Clerk of District Court at (307) 777-7826.
Is this the official Platte County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.